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MCAD was not ranked in College Factual's 2024 Best Overall Colleges report. This could be for a number of reasons, including lack of data.
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Minneapolis College of Art and Design has an acceptance rate of 66%, which means the school is serious about who it admits. Take your time in putting together a strong application that highlights why you are a good fit for MCAD.
At MCAD, the student to faculty ratio is an excellent 9 to 1. That's much better than the national average of 15 to 1. This indicates that many classes will probably be small, and students will have ample opportunites to work closely with their professors and classmates.
When estimating how much access students will have to their teachers, some people like to look at what percentage of faculty members are full time. This is because part-time teachers may not have as much time to spend on campus as their full-time counterparts.
The full-time faculty percentage at Minneapolis College of Art and Design is 24%. This is lower than the national average of 47%.
Minneapolis College of Art and Design has a freshmen retention rate of 77%. That's a good sign that full-time students like the school and their professors enough to want to stick around for another year. It's also a sign that the admissions team did a good job in choosing applicants who were a good fit for the school.
The on-time graduation rate for someone pursuing a bachelor's degree is typically four years. This rate at MCAD for first-time, full-time students is 52%, which is better than the national average of 33.3%.
Find out more about the retention and graduation rates at Minneapolis College of Art and Design.
During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 670 undergraduates at MCAD with 644 being full-time and 26 being part-time.
| $0-30 K | $30K-48K | $48-75 | $75-110K | $110K + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $22,385 | $23,758 | $25,625 | $28,339 | $34,338 |
The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.Note that the net price is typically less than the published for a school. For more information on the sticker price of MCAD, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.
While almost two-thirds of students nationwide take out loans to pay for college, the percentage may be quite different for the school you plan on attending. At MCAD, approximately 96% of students took out student loans averaging $8,749 a year. That adds up to $34,996 over four years for those students.
The student loan default rate at MCAD is 1.3%. This is significantly lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, which is a good sign that you'll be able to pay back your student loans.
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Contact details for MCAD are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 2501 Stevens Ave, Minneapolis, MN 55404 |
| Phone: | 612-874-3737 |
| Website: | https://mcad.edu/ |
| Facebook: | https://www.facebook.com/MCAD.MN |
| Twitter: | https://twitter.com/mcad |
| Most Popular Majors | Bachelor’s Degrees | Average Salary of Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| Design & Applied Arts | 67 | $23,412 |
| Graphic Communications | 36 | $20,090 |
| Fine & Studio Arts | 23 | $23,098 |
| Film, Video & Photographic Arts | 7 | NA |
| Entrepreneurial Studies | 7 | $24,078 |
| Radio, Television & Digital Communication | 4 | NA |
| Woodworking | 4 | NA |
| General Visual & Performing Arts | 0 | NA |
Online courses area a great option for busy, working students as well as for those who have scheduling conflicts and want to study on their own time. As time goes by, expect to see more and more online learning options become available.
In 2020-2021, 220 students took at least one online class at Minneapolis College of Art and Design. This is an increase from the 176 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2020-2021 | 220 | 62 |
| 2019-2020 | 176 | 68 |
| 2018-2019 | 160 | 55 |
| 2017-2018 | 179 | 67 |
| 2016-2017 | 154 | 38 |
Learn more about online learning at Minneapolis College of Art and Design.
Footnotes
*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.
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